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How to transfer shares – a step by step guide

Published in Shares and shareholders on March 5, 2020 by Johnathan Korchak

The transfer of shares in a UK company to a new shareholder, whether by sale or gift, is very common. Although private companies may expect transfers in their company’s shares to be rare, various circumstances can lead to a…

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Tags: shares, share transfers, stock transfer forms

Inform Direct product update – February

Published in Inform Direct news on February 24, 2020 by Ben Robinson

Following quickly after our second January update, our February update contains some great improvements, some of which have been suggested by you, our customers. Some of the highlights being:…

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Tags: incorporation, Inform Direct, shares, confirmation statement

What are treasury shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on December 16, 2019 by Philip Newman

Treasury shares are the company’s own shares that it has bought back from an existing shareholder where those shares have not been immediately cancelled. This means that these shares still exist and, therefore, the company’s…

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Tags: shares, share transfers, shareholders, share buyback, purchase of own shares, Treasury shares

How to replace a lost share certificate

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 12, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Everyone loses things, and shareholders will sometimes lose their share certificates. By lose, we mean anything ranging from damaging or misplacing share certificates right through to having them stolen.…

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Tags: share certificates, shares, share transfers, shareholders

What types of share can a company have?

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 9, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Most companies only ever have one type of share (or class of share). The shares are commonly called ordinary shares and will be the ones the company was incorporated with. The typical rights that go with ordinary shares (and…

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What are preference shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 18, 2019 by Johnathan Korchak

Most shares issued by companies are ordinary shares, but they are just one of the different types of shares available. Preference shares, sometimes also called ‘preferred shares’ or just ‘prefs’, can also be useful both to…

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Tags: shares, shareholders, share classes, share types, preference shares

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